husker

husker

husker

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Introduction

"The husks were torn apart by means of a husking pin of hickory or other hardwood, though bone is sometimes used. A name used for this implement is enuiyakta' ga' wa' sta'(on)...The husking-pins employed at present have a groove around the middle, affording attachment to a leather loop, which is slipped over the middle finger. The pin is grasped in the palm, then struck, with a vigorous sweep, into the leafy covering, the thumb closed down tightly and the husks torn back in preparation for braiding."(40"

Place of Origin: Six Nations of the Grand River Territory
Date Made or Date Range: /1912
Materials

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Other Notes

Pin, for husking corn. Made from a single piece of hardwood, smoothly finished and highly polished. Circular in cross section with grain running lengthways. Shaft is cut straight at one end and tapers to a point at apposite end. Groove encircles shaft at mid-section. Leather loop (for insertion of finger) is attached around groove by inserting pin through two circular holes at one end of leather.;;

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

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Current Location: Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: III-I-283
Collection Narratives and Histories

19120000, Six Nations Reserve, Ontario, Canada, (Waugh) "Husking-pin obtained from Frank Davis, Cayuga Chief.

Sources to Learn More

Cranbrook Institute of Science 1912. Collected by M.G. Chandler, Six Nations Reserve, 1916-18. Illustrated in Speck, F.g. The Iroquois 1955, page 40.

GKS Reference Number: 26601
Approximate Place of Origin

43.0703, -80.1184

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